Last weekend, I found an old cabinet sitting in an open air storage bin. I wasn't too interested because the game was Raiden and the cabinet was a dirty mess. However, I decided to give it a look over, and I am glad I did. Turns out this was originally a Ms Pac-Man (solid wood) cabinet. Picked it up for $20.
It was a mess with multiple, multiple coats of paint from the last 30 years. I removed the guts onsite and tossed all of it in a local dumpster to make it lighter to load. Got it home only to realize it was home to a
bunch of eight legged big ole brown predators. Fortunately, I didn't get bit when pulling the monitor and stuff out of the cabinet. After getting rid of all the criters, I started working on it. The base was shot since it was particle board, so I replace it with some 3/4 inch pressure treated plywood. Here are the pics of this little gem after two bottles of citristrip and several hours of sanding. Tomorrow, I will start fixing the holes, chips, and blemishes with bondo. In the end, this will be a replacement to my failing Galaga cabinet.
Bottom installed